Blog #3 Assignment

CHOOSE OPTION A Or OPTION B

OPTION A

In your own blog, pick any character from Tim O’ Brien’s “The Things They Carried” except for the character of Jimmy Cross and analyze this character and the information we get about him in the story. Discuss what we learn about his personality, his interaction with others, and the things he carried. Discuss also whether this is a static, dynamic, flat, or round character and justify your decision. Finally briefly explain why you chose to focus on this character (what you found engaging, puzzling, relevant to you etc). Post your reply by the deadine (4/8) and then reply to a couple of your classmates' posts on this assignment by 4/13. Per the syllabus, Blog entries will be 250 words or more. Responses have no word limit but should be more substantial than "I agree." Remember that you can respond to as many as you want but you only get credit for the first two. Also, once a blog entry has four responses, your response to it will no longer count for credit. Full credit will be given only to those who adhere to the posting and the reply deadlines.

OPTION B

We read Hemingway’s “A Clean, Well Lighted Place” and what the café means for the main character and the old waiter. In your own blog, discuss what your personal refuge/haven is when you need such a venue. In your post, you should help us understand the following: 1) At what times and why you need such a place 2) What that place feels like to you when you are there and 3) how the place is similar to or different from the café in the Hemingway story (focus on the function, not the décor). Post your reply by the deadline (4/8) and then reply to a couple of your classmates' posts on this assignment by 4/13. Per the syllabus, Blog entries will be 250 words or more. Responses have no word limit but should be more substantial than "I agree" or ‘I like it.” Remember that you can respond to as many as you want but you only get credit for the first two. Also, once a blog entry has four responses, your response to it will no longer count for credit. Full credit will be given only to those who adhere to the posting and the reply deadlines.